About the Author
Paddy Scannell is one of the founding editors of the journal Media, Culture and Society. His publications include A Social History of Broadcasting, co-written by David Cardiff (Blackwell, 1991). He is a reader at the Center for Communication and Information Studies at the University of Westminster.
Features
* This text -- through its use of case studies and thematised treatment -- offers a more imaginative approach to the study of the historical development of broadcasting than any other available source.
* An introductory chapter helps orient the reader and provides a helpful framework in the form of a literature survey and overview of arguments about broadcasting. This helps to place Paddy Scannell's approach and perspective against that of other writers.
* This book fills a gap in the market. There are currently few, if any good books, which bring together material on radio and television.
